Travel - Summer
Samos
Crete
Alps

Richmond Holidays is a specialist provider of excellent Christian Holidays. All our efforts are directed towards what happens on resort, the quality and training of our staff, the Christian content of the holiday and your whole experience of being away together with other Christians.

It is clear that there has been a big shift in the flexibility people want when planning their holidays, as well as a huge deregulation in the flight industry. This means that:

All flights for Richmond Holidays are now purchased directly by you from specialist flight suppliers. This has a number of advantages for you.

  • Much wider range of flights available
  • Research and choose the best flights to suit your needs
  • Take advantage of special last minute offers - or early discount pricing.
  • Benefit from ATOL Protection for the flight seats when booking with an ATOL covered flight provider.
We have listed the principal carriers below and we will of course organise and provide transfers to the hotel. In some cases we will recommend one or two particular flights partners for our holidays, but you are under no obligation to choose these flights. The choice is yours!


Travel Counsellors - bespoke service

We are delighted to recommend the services of Jo Osmond, from Travel Counsellors offering independent and professional advice. If you would like someone to advise and book your travel arrangements for you, she will be delighted to assist.

Contact Jo on 0845 058 7436, or via her web site here

Samos

Direct flights operate to Samos on Thursdays:
www.flydeals.co.uk
www.thomsonfly.com
www.pureflights.com
www.xl.com
www.freedomflights.com
www.charterflights.co.uk

Flights via Athens (Olympic and Aegean have many daily shuttles from Athens to Samos):

Olympic Airways fly from Heathrow three times daily to Athens from about 44 Euros, and about  5 times daily from Athens to Samos from around 50 Euros.

Aegean Airways fly from Stansted twice daily to Athens from 51 euros and twice daily from Athens to Samos from around 31 Euros.

Easyjet fly twice daily from Gatwick to Athens and once a day from Luton to Athens.  Then 7 connecting flights to Samos daily are available from Olympic and Aegean.

 See also Freedom Flights

Crete

Direct flights operate to Heraklion on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays:
www.firstchoice.co.uk/flights/index.cfm?startover=81795
www.avro.co.uk/flights.htm
www.cosmos.co.uk/flight-search
www.libraholidays.co.uk/forms/flights1.asp
www.xl.com/
www.thomascook.com/content/flights/homepage/flights-homepage.asp
www.thomsonfly.com/SelectFlight.aspx
www.charterflights.co.uk

And from May Easyjet will be flying direct to Heraklion from Manchester and Gatwick.

Flights via Athens (Olympic and Aegean have many daily shuttles):
www.easyjet.com/en/book/index.asp
www.olympicairlines.com/eds/adsa/index.htm
https://eticket.aegeanair.com/itd/itd?_channelLocale=en

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French Alps (La Rosiere)

Providing complete flexibility and maximum choice to our guests, we are inviting you to arrange your own travel top the Alps.  This offers you the complete freedom to choose your own method of travel, arrival time and if desired to combine with visiting other parts of the Alps, France or Switzerland.

Flights
You can book directly with many airlines including Easyjet. Flights from all the major UK airports as well as additional routes such as Newcastle, Exeter, Leeds, Bradford and Cardiff can be easily searched online.

We will have our own Transfer vehicles leaving Geneva Airport at 6.00pm each Saturday.   The charge for the return transfer is £40 and this includes an introductory talk from your Host. We'll also take advantage of the ride to take care of preliminary booking opportunities for excursions and other activities.

Useful Flight Links: 
Geneva Airport
Geneva Coach Transfers


Self Drive
The journey is 613 miles from Calais to La Rosiere on very good autoroutes and takes between 9 and 10 hours of driving. We are able to offer underground car parking at la Rosiere.  Please call if you would like to reserve a space. 

Sea France Ferries - Dover/Calais
P & O Ferries - Dover/Calais
Eurotunnel and "Le Shuttle" - car/tunnel

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